Patents by Inventor Arno Topueth

Arno Topueth has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Straightening a tube on an expander
    Patent number: 8474292
    Abstract: A tube extending along a tube axis is straightened by radially outwardly plastically deforming and expanding the tube by means of an expander mandrel and simultaneously bending the tube by applying radially inwardly directed forces to the tube at three points lying on a triangle. One of the points is level with the mandrel on one side of the tube and the other two points axially flank it in axially opposite directions and bear on the other side of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: SMS Meer GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Kolbe, Uwe Feldmann, Arno Topueth
  • STRAIGHTENING A TUBE ON AN EXPANDER
    Publication number: 20100095736
    Abstract: A tube extending along a tube axis is straightened by radially outwardly plastically deforming and expanding the tube by means of an expander mandrel and simultaneously bending the tube by applying radially inwardly directed forces to the tube at three points lying on a triangle. One of the points is level with the mandrel on one side of the tube and the other two points axially flank it in axially opposite directions and bear on the other side of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Manfred KOLBE, Uwe Feldmann, Arno Topueth